T Bone Burnett And Elvis Costello Team Up For Comedy Play

At first glance, Elvis Costello and T Bone Burnett don’t have a lot in common, but in fact, the two share the uncanny ability of creating perfect interfaces which allow them to work with other artists: the former with Paul McCartney and Burt Bacharach, the latter with Leo Kottke and Robert Plant, to name but two partners per each half of this pair. Of course, Burnett and Costello worked together on 1986’s “King Of America” that goes deluxe on November 1st, and a couple more albums, yet what the old friends – whose previous equal billing was only in production credits – are coming up with now seems totally unexpected.

Sometimes referring to themselves Howard and Henry Coward, Elvis and T Bone narrated a musical-comedy audio series “The True Story of the Coward Brothers” that will be out on November 21. Scripted by Costello and directed by Christopher Guest, aka Nigel Tufnel, it features another “Spinal Tap” alumnus, Harry Shearer, aka Derek Smalls, as a radio host; and while Michael McKean is not involved, his “Better Call Saul” co-star Rhea Seehorn is. Before the series, the soundtrack album is to be released on November 15th, titled “The Coward Brothers” and comprised mostly of songs. Intruguing!

THE COWARD BROTHERS –
The Coward Brothers

1. Always
2. Like Licorice
3. My Baby Just Squeals (You Heel)
4. The Devil’s Wife
5. Tipsy Woman
6. My Baby Just Purrs (You’re Mine, Not Hers)
7. My Baby Just Whistles (Here Come The Missiles)
8. World Serious
9. Early Shirley
10. Yesteryear Is Near
11. Birkenhead Girl
12. Smoke Ring Angel
13. Wooden Woman
14. (I Don’t Want Your) Lyndon Johnson
15. Lotta Money
16. Pure Bubblegum
17. Cathy Come Home
18. Bygones
19. Row Me Once
20. Clown Around Town

October 10, 2024

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